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BMC’s MEGA Vriksha campaign is proving to be a mega success with more and more citizens coming forward to clear the city’s lungs. Actor Abhishek Bachchan who joined in by becoming the tree guardian of a Neem Plant, confessed his passion for gardening and expressed his ‘civic duty’ to plant more trees. Holding a Tulsi plant, gifted to him by Vishwas Mote – Asst Comm, BMC, singer Saniya Saiyad and Anusha Srinivasan Iyer of Make Earth Green Again MEGA Foundation, Abhishek spoke of how each citizen should plant and adopt trees. Vishvas Mote added that it would be a great inspiration to see Abhishek, who walked a good ten minutes to reach the tree he was to plant, watch the tree grow, as he cycled past it everyday. Saniya Saiyad spoke of how she felt honoured and privileged to be part of a movement that will transform the city into an oxygen belt, something that is the need of the hour. Anusha Srinivasan Iyer spoke of how this movement was attracting more and more citizens and role-models e...

  Actor Anupam Kher planted trees, expressed solidarity and set an example to citizens by becoming a tree parent. With this move, he became the latest celebrity to join Hon. MP Smt. Hema Malini, Ranvir Shorey and son Haroon Shorey, Anil Kapoor, Amit Behl, Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka, Saniya Saiyad, Ashnoor Kaur, Advait Mote and MLA Shri Ameet Satam who are all proud tree parents! World Environment Day 2021 marked the start of BMC’s ‘Be A Tree Parent' MEGA Vriksha Campaign. Instituted by the K West Ward Asst Commissioner Mr. Vishvas Mote, along with Anusha Srinivasan Iyer of Make Earth Green Again MEGA Foundation and Vriksha Nursery, the campaign involves and encourages societies and residents to adopt tree pits from the 348 Mumbai locations where trees had fallen in the K West Ward, post Cyclone Tauktae, and replant identified, fast-growing native tree species in those locations. "I would like to stand next to this tree we planted and get my photo clicked today. As fifty years fro...

  जागतिक पर्यावरण दिनाच्या आदल्या दिवशी गायिका सानिया सईदने ‘ तुझसे नाराज नहीं जिंदगी ‘ गाणे गात पृथ्वी वाचवण्यासाठी वृक्षारोपण करण्याची गरज असल्याचे सांगत वृक्षारोपण केले . आर . डी . बर्मन यांनी गुलजार यांच्या गीताने संगीतबद्ध केलेले लता मंगेशकर यांनी गायलेले मूळ गाणे आज वृक्ष आणि वनस्पती यांच्या रुपाने प्रतिध्वनीत दिसत आहेत . आपले भविष्य यावर अवलंबून असल्याने आपल्याला आपले पर्यावरण जपण्याची गरज आहे , असे यावेळी सानियाने बोलताना सांगितले . " मी लताजींच्या आवाजावर मोठी झाली आहे . त्या माझ्या आदर्श आहेत . मी लताजींना मानवंदना देत आहे आणि मला आशा आहे की ती ऐकून त्यांना आवडेल , लाखो लोकांना प्रेरणा देण्याची शक्ती असल्यामुळे मी हे गाणे निवडले ." असेही सानिया यावेळी म्हणाली .        

This World Environment Day, the trees at K West Ward, Mumbai saw the BMC breathing new life into them. Asst Commissioner Mr. Vishvas Mote along with Make Earth Green Again MEGA Foundation has started ‘Be A Tree Parent - Adopt A Fallen Tree Pit’ Campaign to involve societies and residents to adopt one of the 348 fallen tree locations in K West Ward and re-plant the same with an identified fast growing tree species. The move comes in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae’s damage to the green cover of Mumbai, with 2363 trees being uprooted and innumerable others losing their branches. Involving celebs who expressed their desire to motivate the masses, Mote, along with Anusha Srinivasan Iyer, the founder of Make Earth Green Again Foundation and Shaan Lalwani of Vriksha Nursery, organised a simple yet effective tree plantation act at three locations in JVPD Scheme at the hands of actors Anil Kapoor, Amit Behl and Ashnoor Kaur, along with philanthropist Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka and singer-entrepr...

  विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस से पहले बीएमसी में के वेस्ट के असिस्टेंट कमिश्नर के तौर पर कार्यरत विश्वास मोटे ने मेक अर्थ ग्रीन अगेन (MEGA) फ़ाउंडेशन के साथ मिलकर ' बी अ ट्री पैरेंट - अडॉप्ट से फॉलेन ट्री पिट ' अभियान की पहल की है . इस अभियान का मकसद इमारत की सोसायटियों और व्यक्तिगत स्तर पर लोगों को हाल ही में आए ताउते तूफान से के वेस्ट वॉर्ड में   उजड़ गये 348 पेड़ों की जगह पर आरोपित किये जानेवाले और तेजी से उगनेवाले नये पेड़ों की जिम्मेदारी लेने के लिए प्रेरित करना है . उल्लेखनीय है कि इस अभियान की शुरुआत ऐसे वक्त में की गई   है जब ताउते तूफ़ान के चलते मुम्बई में 2363 पेड़ जड़ से उखड़कर गिर गये थे और सैंकड़ों पेड़ो‌ं की शाखाएं भी टूट गईं थीं . ऐसे में विश्वास मोटे ने मेक अर्थ ग्रीन अगेन (MEGA) फ़ाउंडेशन और वृक्ष नर्सरी के सहयोग से एक ऐसे अभियान की शुरुआत की जिसमें सेलिब्रिटीज़ भी काफी दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे हैं . इस कड़ी में अब ...